crazy

[ krey-zee ]

/ ˈkreɪ zi /

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adjective, cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est.

mentally deranged; demented; insane.

senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.

Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.

Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually followed by about): He was crazy about her.

Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.

Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.

Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.

likely to break or fall to pieces.

weak, infirm, or sickly.

having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: a crazy reel that spins in either direction.

noun, plural cra·zies.

Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.

the crazies, Slang. a sense of extreme unease, nervousness, or panic; extreme jitters: The crew was starting to get the crazies from being cooped up belowdecks for so long.

Nearby words

crayola, crayon, craythur, craze, crazed, crazy, crazy about, be, crazy bone, crazy eights, crazy golf, crazy horse

Idioms

like crazy,

Slang. with great enthusiasm or energy; to an extreme: We shopped like crazy and bought all our Christmas gifts in one afternoon.
with great speed or recklessness: He drives like crazy once he's out on the highway.

Origin of crazy

First recorded in 1570–80; craze + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR crazy

1 crazed, lunatic. See mad.

2 foolish, imprudent, foolhardy.

8 rickety, shaky, tottering.

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ANTONYMS FOR crazy

1 sane.

3 calm, dispassionate.

8 stable.

9 strong; healthy.

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Related forms

cra·zi·ly, adverbcra·zi·ness, nounhalf-cra·zy, adjective

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Examples from the Web for craziest

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The craziest of all was Rand Paul, who faulted those who were saying Ebola is not easy to catch.
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The craziest thing I did was that I had to steal an ostrich egg from an ostrich farm that was close to Mexico.
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Why, my dear Lafayette, it is the craziest scheme I ever heard of!
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I think, returned Myron deliberately, that its one of the craziest schemes I ever heard of.
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Then he raced back again, and so returned to the shore—alternating in his rushes in the craziest possible way.
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Well, thats the craziest way of telling time I ever heard of!
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I want to say that it is about the craziest system that was ever conceived in the brain of man.
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British Dictionary definitions for craziest

crazy

/ (ˈkreɪzɪ) /

adjective -zier or -ziest

informal insane

fantastic; strange; ridiculousa crazy dream

(postpositive; foll by about or over) informal extremely fond (of)

slang very good or excellent

noun plural crazies

informal a crazy person

Derived Forms

crazily, adverbcraziness, noun

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Idioms and Phrases with craziest

crazy

In addition to the idioms beginning with crazy

crazy about, be
crazy like a fox

also see:

drive someone crazy
like crazy

crazy

adjective, cra·zi·er, cra·zi·est.

noun, plural cra·zies.

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crazy

adjective -zier or -ziest

noun plural crazies

Derived Forms

Idioms and Phrases with craziest

crazy